After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1250 The Purpose of the Feint Attack

At the order, volleys of arrows shot out from the darkness.

Whoosh whoosh!
Plop, plop!
The wounded soldier from the Eastern Desert fell to the ground, shot by an arrow; this time, he was truly dead.

Boom boom, boom boom!
Grandpa Qin and Commander Fan sounded the war drums as a signal to warn the Wei soldiers on this battlefield not to approach the area, lest they be wounded by their own arrows.

"It's Wei troops! Good, good, good! We don't need to pursue them anymore. We'll just hold them here. If any of the Eastern Desert soldiers try to run back, just shoot them!" Commander Zhen laughed heartily, exhaling a breath of stale air. He then hurriedly said, "Master Qin, the Wei troops on the left and right flanks didn't use the antidote you gave us. Won't they be drugged by the sleeping potions in their weapons? That would be a joke!"

As the shield-bearers advanced, Qin Dongjia had his female guards take out packets of medicine and have the Wei soldiers put them in their noses to counteract the effects of the sleeping potion.

But the reinforcements that suddenly appeared from both sides had no antidote.

"Don't worry, the sleeping potion in the weapon isn't very strong. Once it exceeds a certain range, the concentration will be diluted and it won't work." Qin Xiaomi hid behind the shield formation, looking around and keeping watch to prevent any more enemy soldiers from appearing.

"Qin Dongjia, you all stay here. The rest of the Wei troops, mount your horses and follow me towards Dongfu Town. Slaughter those remnants of the Eastern Desert!" Commander Zhen shouted to his soldiers, "Let's fight with real swords and spears, kill those beasts, and avenge the dead Wei soldiers and civilians!"

"Charge! Kill the enemy troops in the Eastern Desert!" Six hundred Wei soldiers mounted their horses and charged towards the scattered wounded soldiers.

Bang bang bang!
He spurred his horse straight into the enemy soldiers, trampling over them.

Click, click, click!

The sound of knives chopping bones was tormenting people's eardrums.

Clang clang clang!

The enemy troops from the Eastern Desert were very brave. When they realized they couldn't escape, they simply stopped running and fought back with their weapons. They weren't fighting to save their own lives, but only because they thought: "Kill the bastards of Liangwei! Killing one more bastard of Liangwei is contributing more to the Eastern Desert! The Eastern Desert will surely win forever!"

Whoosh whoosh!
The crossbow bolts were fired, turning the shouting Eastern Desert soldiers into pincushions.

However, the training of the Eastern Desert soldiers was terrifying. The wounded soldiers spontaneously gathered together, formed a formation, and protected the few remaining archers within their human wall.

"Fire arrows! Kill that bastard Wei scum!"

Whoosh whoosh!
The gunpowder pack arrived first.

Boom boom boom boom!

This group of over three hundred wounded soldiers was reduced to corpses by the bombardment of gunpowder.

"Whoa!" Commander Zhen and his men calmed their warhorses, urging them to retreat and move away from the bombing site.

But witnessing the power of the weapon exploding at such close range stunned them... It was like a sudden burst of heavenly fire, exploding with a deafening roar, destroying everything, and then vanishing just as abruptly.

Only wisps of smoke and a pungent smell remained.

The aroma permeated the air, forcefully penetrating people's noses, making it impossible to ignore.

"May Heaven bless Great Wei! Charge! Kill those beasts of the Eastern Desert!!" Commander Zhen continued to spur his horse, charging towards the remaining enemy troops.

He was always surrounded by a group of personal guards to protect him from being attacked from the shadows.

"Kill!" The soldiers, like tigers unleashed from their cages, driven by intense hatred, pursued and killed the enemy.

Commanders of the rank of commander of a thousand households are the most skilled in warfare. Commander Zhen and his men may seem reckless, but they do fight in formation in batches, with the assistance of warhorses. When they encounter large enemy forces, they can retreat quickly.

Whoosh whoosh!
The sounds of hacking and slashing filled the air, and within a quarter of an hour, the three enemy cavalry forces, totaling three thousand men, were almost completely wiped out.

The remaining enemy troops successfully withdrew to Dongfu Town. ...

Inside Dongfu Town, there were four enemy forces waiting there, led by a general wearing a leather mask.

Upon learning that Dong Shang and Dong Hen had escaped with injuries, he personally came out, grabbed Dong Hen and Dong Shang, and asked, "What did you encounter? Why were there such strange loud noises and flickering flames? The smell in the air is also wrong. Explain yourself to this general immediately, or the true royal family will lead the true nobles of all tribes to slaughter your eastern tribes and use your eastern tribes' blood to wash away the shame of this feigned attack failure!"

That's right, these sudden attacks by enemy cavalry were just feints.

The purpose was not to kill the Wei people or the mountain people, nor was it to attack the city.

However, what was originally thought to be a trivial feint to scare the lowly Liang Wei clan turned out to be met with a fierce counterattack.

The three thousand cavalrymen in the east were almost completely wiped out, with only Higashisho Higashihata and a hundred of their personal guards escaping back!
The Western Commander was furious. This battle was their first battle against the Great Wei, a glorious first battle for the Western nobles, but it was ruined by these useless generals from the East!
"Ahhh!" Xiduo was furious, wishing he could twist off Dongshang and Dongtian's heads and rip their spines out of their bodies.

Dong Shang Dong Tian trembled with fear... because the western part of the Eastern Desert, where the Western Helmsman was located, was the most ferocious, and they truly loved to eat meat.

Unlike in the east, where people only eat once or twice a day when there is no food or during sacrificial rites.

"General, please calm down. It's just that Liang Wei has acquired a weapon that looks like a thunderbolt. When it's thrown from a catapult, it explodes upon landing..."

"There are sharp weapons inside, capable of killing people and horses, and even penetrating relatively thin armor plates."

"The smoke is also toxic. If you breathe it in too much, you'll get dizzy! Dongsto was blasted to pieces because he inhaled the smoke, which slowed his movements."

boom!
Nishito lifted Higashihata up and slammed him hard to the ground. Higashihata's head was spinning and his mouth was full of blood.

"Nonsense! Before Emperor Ningkang ascended the throne, our people were already causing trouble in Liangwei. They only took action after more than twenty years of this. Where would those lowly Liangwei people have the time, resources, and talent to create such a weapon?"

Even the entire Eastern Desert, with all its resources and talent, spent decades researching before finally creating the Fire Flame Poison, which dealt a heavy blow to the Great Wei.

west Duo didn't believe that the Great Wei, which had been embroiled in internal strife for over twenty years, could produce such a weapon as deadly as fire.

"Heavenly lightning? If heavenly lightning truly exists, it would only descend upon my divinely protected Eastern Desert, never upon the grain-producing Wei. Such lowly creatures are unworthy of it!"

Dong Shang knelt down and said, "General, I beg you to give the Eastern troops a chance to redeem themselves... We still have people in the capital city. Our people will definitely be able to obtain the formula for this explosive weapon and let it fall into the hands of our Divine Protector, Dongmo!"

"Ha, you still have people in the city? Are you kidding me? Dongye Da and all his spies have been wiped out by the Liang Wei army. How could you possibly have any spies left in the city in the east?!" Xiduo felt he had been tricked. With a flick of his wrist, he slashed off Dong Shang's ear.

"This is the price you second-class royalty pay for daring to deceive us true nobles!"

Damn it, they're not even resisting? And they're pledging allegiance?

That's right, that's how the people of the Eastern Desert are. Even if they are looked down upon, humiliated, and beaten by the other tribes of the Eastern Desert, they remain loyal to the Eastern Desert and are the kind of people who can't be driven away even if you beat them.

Dong Shang did not cry out in pain, but said, "General, I did not lie to you. Please believe in the loyalty and strength of the East. Over the years, the East has not been working for nothing. Although the spies in the East have been wiped out, the East still has contact with the rebels in Liangwei who want to seize the country with the help of external forces!"

"These rebels from Liangwei want to destroy Liangwei even more than we in Dongmo do!"

Fearing that Xiduo might not believe him, Dong Shang took out a token and a roster, saying, "Please take a look, General."

west Duo frowned, took the token and the list, and after reading it, burst into laughter: "Good, you are indeed loyal subjects of my Eastern Desert. I will report this merit of your Eastern Desert to the True King on your behalf."

"This humble general thanks the noble general for his patronage!" Dong Shang, having escaped a calamity, hurriedly kowtowed in gratitude.

After the feint attack failed, Xiduo hurriedly adjusted the deployment of Dongfu Town to prevent Liang Wei from discovering the purpose of their feint attack.

(End of this chapter)